Winning lottery ticket nets local man $100,000

SAN ANTONIO — A man who works as a cook at the Tower of the Americas had his lucky stars in alignment after a scratch-off lottery ticket made him $100,000 richer.

Olvin Trevino, 27, bought three Trim the Tree Texas lottery tickets Sunday night at a West Side store on Ruiz street. It's a habit he's had for a while, but this weekend, it finally paid off — big time.

Trevino, a husband and father of three, had been supporting his family by working as a line cook at the Chart House rotating restaurant at the top of the Tower of the Americas.

Trevino told a local news station KENS 5 that he checked the winning ticket “20 times.”

“I couldn't believe it,” Trevino said. “It was unbelievable.”

Trevino has been in the restaurant business for 11 years. Now, he says, he plans on opening his own restaurant.

Trevino isn't the only big winner in the San Antonio area recently. Richard A. Peck of Boerne scored a cool $1 million from a $200 Million Cash Spectacular ticket purchased at the Corner Store at 1693 River Road, and a winning ticket purchased by Rosa Linda Sandoval at the Minute Stop located at 4722 Rigsby Ave. wound up being worth $2,500 per week for 20 years, up to $2.6 million before taxes.